Robin Uthappa and R Ashwin get emotional discussing India’s 2024 T20 World Cup success (Screengrab from YouTube)
India’s win hit a little deeper for the likes of players, such as Robin Uthappa, and R Ashwin, who shared their emotions and thoughts on the long-awaited drought of trophies coming to an end.
India’s win reverberated throughout the nation and the world as Indians all over watched in awe, anticipation and jubilation, as the Indian cricket team lifted the 2024 T20 World Cup trophy.
The pain and misery of the 11 years between the last trophy and now, was felt hard by each and every one of the Indian fans.
But, it hit a little deeper for the likes of players, such as Robin Uthappa, and R Ashwin, who shared their emotions and thoughts on the long-awaited drought of trophies coming to an end.
“Unbelievable. I have watched cricket through the years, I have played it, I have won trophies such as the World Cup in 2011 and the Champions Trophy in 2013. But, the way that the players emoted upon winning, what it meant to them all, with Dravid bowing out in 2007 to Rohit and Virat coming so close to winning multiple titles, it was truly a full circle moment without any doubt,” stated an inspired and moved Ashwin on his YouTube channel.
Have never seen @ashwinravi99 emotional, to see him controlling his tears while @robbieuthappa was summing up the pain and emotions of Indian Cricket Fans through all these years is truly moving.Uthappa reflected our emotions very well with just one word RELIEF.It is… pic.twitter.com/uyJ5DPcOTn— Arvinth Easwaran (@arvinth_e) June 30, 2024
Uthappa, on the other hand, remained immensely emotional and in tears, as the former T20 WC winner shared his thoughts on the personal trials and tribulations that every player undergoes as a part of the national team.
“Had you talked to me 20 minutes earlier, I would have been in tears. I was so full of emotion, thinking about each individual player and what they had been through,” said Uthappa.
“To have put with the criticism, the trolling, to go through the struggles and hardships and hate, is not easy. For people to keep continually doubting your ability, you begin to doubt yourself at some point and you being to ask yourself, “Is it possible?” I could feel every person’s emotion so strongly. I cried for each of them after their victory. I thanked God, and I now thank every cricketer who’s played for India. This win was so long in the making,” Uthappa stated as he shed tears of joy and relief for the win.
Furthermore, Uthappa expounded on the long and arduous journey that Indian cricket legend and current head coach of India, Rahul Dravid had to undergo personally in order to finally put his hands on a World Cup trophy.
“Look at Rahul Dravid’s career, as a coach and as a player. Think about how many years he’s played. And in his last game as the coach and possibly his last day of ever being associated with the BCCI, that is the day he finally gets his first trophy.”
“We saw that 50-year-old man celebrate like a 5-year-old kid. This is the beauty of sport. They all deserved to be world champions,” concluded Uthappa.
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